Born: 1869, United States
Died: 1950
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Anne Belle Stone
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The six founders of Women Painters of Washington were Myra Albert Wiggins (1869-1956), Elizabeth Warhanik (1880-1968), Lily Norling Hardwick (1890-1944), Dorothy Dolph Jensen (1895-1977), Anna B. Stone (1869-1950), and Helen Bebb (1878-1947), who acted as an administrator and was not an active painter.
Anna B. Stone (1869-1950) was renowned for her floral subjects executed in both a realistic and Modernist style. Born in Dewitt, Iowa, Stone lived most of her adult life in Seattle. She studied at the Boston School of Art, Scripts College in Claremont, California, and the University of Washington. Besides being a Founder of the Women Painters of Washington, she was also an active member of the Northwest Watercolor Society and the National League of American Penwomen.